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John Paul Davis
@johnpauldavis.org
Poet, musician, web developer. Author of Climbing A Burning Rope, Pitt Poetry, 2024 & Crown Prince Of Rabbits, Great Weather for Media, 2017 | husband of @mahirakakkar.bsky.social

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November 14, 2025 at 8:00 PM
November 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
#morningcoffeelisten Warren Zevon’s 1977 album Excitable Boy. Zevon's transgressive, sometimes macabre humor wouldn't be half as funny without the tenderness & empathy he shows for his characters in these wild, rocking narrative romps. Listen: https://johnpauldavis.org/url/listen135# nowplaying
November 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
November 13, 2025 at 8:00 PM
November 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
#morningcoffeelisten Ani DiFranco’s 2001 album Revelling/Reckoning. The singer-songwriter explores love & loss backed by her live band & some seasoned jazz giants on this extraordinary, winding, sonically daring double album. Listen: https://johnpauldavis.org/url/listen134# nowplaying
November 13, 2025 at 2:33 PM
November 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
November 12, 2025 at 6:50 PM
November 12, 2025 at 5:00 PM
#morningcoffeelisten Jamie Cullum’s 2003 album twentysomething. The singer & pianist performs a fresh mixture of standards, modern classics & original compositions with verve, joy, passion & delightful technical proficiency. Listen: https://johnpauldavis.org/url/listen133# nowplaying
November 12, 2025 at 12:49 PM
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 PM
November 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
#morningcoffeelisten Pavement’s 1997 album Brighten the Corners. The band corral their penchant for experimentation in more traditional song structures but stay brilliantly bizarre as ever, examining the joys & sorrows of adulthood. Listen: https://johnpauldavis.org/url/listen132# nowplaying
November 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
November 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
#morningcoffeelisten Bill Evans’s 1981 album You Must Believe In Spring. The pianist's trio play this well-chosen set of standards & new songs effortlessly, resulting in a flawless, transcendent set that meditates on death & rebirth. Listen: https://johnpauldavis.org/url/listen131# nowplaying
November 10, 2025 at 4:04 PM
November 8, 2025 at 8:01 PM
November 8, 2025 at 5:01 PM
November 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
November 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
#morningcoffeelisten Audioslave’s 2002 album Audioslave. Chris Cornell & the musicians from Rage Against the Machine join forces & exorcise their sorrow & political frustration in these melodic, soaring tunes of big, groovy riffs & funky basslines. Listen: johnpauldavis.org/url/listen130 #nowplaying
November 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
November 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
#morningcoffeelisten The Pointer Sisters’s 1975 album Steppin’. Funky, feisty & fun, the sisters tackle material from the traditions they love, covering Stevie Wonder, Allen Toussaint, Duke Ellington with effusive, playful energy. Listen: https://johnpauldavis.org/url/listen129# nowplaying
November 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Hey! It's @mahirakakkar.com's birthday! Here she is, looking like a dream, next to me, luckiest guy in the world.
November 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
It's a new day for New York City!
November 5, 2025 at 2:50 AM